Off, which starts on Wednesday, will not get to relax over the next week and a half. But most of the team is getting out of ...

Colorado Avalanche winger Valeri Nichushkin (lower body ... game without Nichushkin on Wednesday against Winnipeg. Ross Colton has landed on the top line during Nichushkin's absence and deserves ...

Colton scored the game-winner in Minnesota ... is not ready to get back in the lineup and that he is day-to-day. Valeri Nichushkin’s return timeline has been extended. Bednar said he tried ...

Valeri Nichushkin was supposed to be out day-to ... both Ivan Ivan and Jere Innala will continue to dress on the fourth line and Ross Colton will assume duties as top-line winger in Nichushkin ...

Complicated ending and all, Mikko Rantanen should be looked at as one of the all-time greats for the Colorado Avalanche.

The organization was likely hopeful Valeri Nichushkin could re-enter the ... with Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen. For now, Ross Colton will continue to hold down that spot.

Valeri Nichushkin has been the club’s best net-front guy for multiple seasons, but he’s injured right now. Ross Colton was white-hot in the bumper spot earlier this season, but his play cooled ...

Valeri Nichushkin was supposed to be out day-to-day when he got ... Instead, both Ivan Ivan and Jere Innala will continue to dress on the fourth line and Ross Colton will assume duties as top-line ...

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If we zero in on all NHL players with fewer than 200 minutes on the ice this season, Patrik Laine is the current leader in fantasy points per 60 minutes (FPP60). The Canadiens' winger has posted ...

3 weeks agoColorado Avalanche winger Valeri Nichushkin (lower ... play an 11th consecutive game without Nichushkin on Wednesday against Winnipeg. Ross Colton has landed on the top line during ...

Players like Artturi Lehkonen, Ross Colton, Jonathan Drouin and Miles Wood have all missed time with various ailments, while captain Gabriel Landeskog and key forward Valeri Nichushkin both remain ...